• When: You decide. Available daily, rain or shine, by reservation only.
• Duration: 2.5 hours (approximately)
• Key sights:
Homecoming Sailor's emotional monument
Dominion (e.i. British) Customs House
Windsor Hotel ridiculous explosion
Roger's Chocolates a tragic success story
Pemberton, Weiler and Union Club Bldgs (Victorian old-timers)
Bank of BC, a bard and a banker--Robert Service's story
Royal Bank robbery (Munro's)
Morris the Tobacconist (and his standing lighter)
Fort's yellow brick road
Bastion Square (what were the brideships?)
ex-Maritime Museum (jail, and gallows, and...)
Rithet Bldg. and the old fort well
Wharf St. (Finlayson & Yates fur storehouses)
(poor) Waddington Alley (sodas before Coke)
Johnson St. & defunct Strauss' Bridge: a Golden Gate precursor
where is Market Sq. roof gone?
Chinatown, taxes and discrimination
Old Opium Factories (yes, we had twelve!)
Fan Tan Alley, gambling & police action
Gate of Harmonious (compound) Interests
Yen Wo Society Bldg. and a half
Chinese Benevolent Associations: have an orange?
Chinese Pharmacy & School
Masonic Temple (yes, masonic founders)
The new old Hudson Bay Bldg.
City Hall
Oldest Synagogue in Canada
St. Andrews Roman Catholic Cathedral
Carnegie-donated Library
old Fort St. 'Antiques Row'
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Weiler's Bldg. sub-sidewalks and fun Pagliacci's
Eaton Centre contraption
Trounce Alley--our first street-malls
...and much more!
• Price: US$75.00 p/p (minimum of two people--if just one person: US$100)
• Meet: Just outside the Visitor Information Centre (corner of Government St. and Humboldt St.). Look for our guides, wearing identifiers/signs with YOUR name (like at an airport). Get printable directions clicking here for map.
• Note: After this ultra-enjoyable walk you will seriously understand Victoria much better. It includes over 30 main city landmarks (different from our other walks). This is not a strenuous walk. Snacks, drinks, hotel pickup, transportation, foot massage, mid-life-counseling, good sense of humour and gratuities are not included (actually massage, counseling and good sense of humour are not even available!)
• When: You decide. Available daily, rain or shine, by reservation only.
• Duration: 2.5 hours (approximately)
• Key sights:
Homecoming Sailor's emotional monument
Dominion (e.i. British) Customs House
Windsor Hotel ridiculous explosion
Roger's Chocolates a tragic success story
Pemberton, Weiler and Union Club Bldgs (Victorian old-timers)
Bank of BC, a bard and a banker--Robert Service's story
Royal Bank robbery (Munro's)
Morris the Tobacconist (and his standing lighter)
Fort's yellow brick road
Bastion Square (what were the brideships?)
ex-Maritime Museum (jail, and gallows, and...)
Rithet Bldg. and the old fort well
Wharf St. (Finlayson & Yates fur storehouses)
(poor) Waddington Alley (sodas before Coke)
Johnson St. & defunct Strauss' Bridge: a Golden Gate precursor
where is Market Sq. roof gone?
Chinatown, taxes and discrimination
Old Opium Factories (yes, we had twelve!)
Fan Tan Alley, gambling & police action
Gate of Harmonious (compound) Interests
Yen Wo Society Bldg. and a half
Chinese Benevolent Associations: have an orange?
Chinese Pharmacy & School
Masonic Temple (yes, masonic founders)
The new old Hudson Bay Bldg.
City Hall
Oldest Synagogue in Canada
St. Andrews Roman Catholic Cathedral
Carnegie-donated Library
old Fort St. 'Antiques Row'
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Weiler's Bldg. sub-sidewalks and fun Pagliacci's
Eaton Centre contraption
Trounce Alley--our first street-malls
...and much more!
• Price: US$75.00 p/p (minimum of two people--if just one person: US$100)
• Meet: Just outside the Visitor Information Centre (corner of Government St. and Humboldt St.). Look for our guides, wearing identifiers/signs with YOUR name (like at an airport). Get printable directions clicking here for map.
• Note: After this ultra-enjoyable walk you will seriously understand Victoria much better. It includes over 30 main city landmarks (different from our other walks). This is not a strenuous walk. Snacks, drinks, hotel pickup, transportation, foot massage, mid-life-counseling, good sense of humour and gratuities are not included (actually massage, counseling and good sense of humour are not even available!)
